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Pigeons hop down elephant stairs

Sana Mulji Mar 25, 2001 interacts: 22

children beg to fill their bellies

The Burden of Virginity

A Bismil Oct 15, 2000 interacts: 132

If you ever have sex with a guy, I’ll know immediately

A Pakistani-American in India

Ras Siddiqui Aug 9, 2007 interacts: 696

A Pakistani-American walks down a road in India named after his great grandfather.

The Open Circle

Harish Nambiar May 22, 2005 interacts: 84

All religions subsist on some kind of faith, and a set of rituals. The more well-defined these rituals, as well as the rubric of do’s

Courage in a Time of Chaos

Bina Shah Dec 29, 2007 interacts: 45

The enemies of our country are vast and they are clever; they would like nothing better than to see us sink into lawlessness and despair.

Kashmir: Everyone has lost in their own way

Beena Sarwar Jul 12, 2004 interacts: 39

Four displaced women in Kashmir talk about their lives to Indian journalist and peace activist Sonia Jabbar in Autumn’s Final Country a devastating and sensitive

Squatters, Scavengers and A Gandhian

Dost Mittar Oct 24, 2009 interacts: 27

Some of these people would stand up holding their pajamas or dhotis to protect their dignity at the sight of the approaching train; most would

Theatre in Karachi

Zainab Mahmood Jun 16, 2006 interacts: 12

Picture this. A reclaimed warehouse turned into an art gallery cum venue for artists and writers to meet and perform,

The Hard Business of Life

Githa Hariharan Jan 30, 2006 interacts: 72

Bama is a Dalit. She has other identities: writer, teacher, woman, Christian, Tamil. But it is her Dalit self that shapes and brings together all

Crying Buddha

Ras Siddiqui May 23, 1998 interacts: 2

Three tears fell to wet the Indian desert on
This grim and horrifying day in May as ...

Talk to Your Wife

Sriram N Mar 19, 2004 interacts: 24

the love may have gone out of your life...

I thirst

Sahir Shah Jan 7, 2008 interacts: 8

I will shed this wretched skin
shred it, peel it, skin myself

Sufi Encounter

ali ozman Nov 2, 2005 interacts: 30

Its outward form declares: ‘I am this and no more.’ Its inward essence says: ‘Look carefully at what lies behind and beyond.. Just wait! We

The Melting Pot

Ejaz Haroon Oct 4, 2007 interacts: 108

We weren’t surprised when we went to the reception and the guests sitting next to us asked us if the groom was Muslim or not.

Starting from the End

Ali Hashmi Mar 16, 2008 interacts: 16

Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more

Dice

Sadia Rauf Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 3

Lock that gaze
Lace with an uncanny wisdom, a bitter taste.